• Republic of Silence

    Republic of Silence



  • Republic of Silence

    Republic of Silence



  • Republic of Silence

    Republic of Silence



Republic of Silence

by Diana El Jeiroudi

Republic of Silence

2021 | 183:00 min

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
They grew up in the lands of dictators and surveillance, where images are censored, photos are burned, thoughts are discreet, and mouths are kept shut. During the years, they made films, documented life, their lives, at least what was possible. They recorded sounds at night and in secret, for the senses to complete the image. From what are seemingly scattered images and narratives, a coherent emotive sensibility emerges unpacking a singular perspective of history and an attempt to speak what has been unspoken and silenced. A first person narrative which pendulates between a perspective that is timelessly personal and intimate, and another which is, on the contrary, very vast, contemporary and political. It traces the journeys of a filmmaker and her partner, friends and their families, once as revolutionaries in their country, once as exiles in Europe nowadays, once as activists, as filmmakers, as lovers, and as listeners. A contemplative journey from silence into words, from blindness into seeing, and of how cinema made it possible and saved their lives. [LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA]
Festivals/Awards
2021
LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA – World premiere
Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize & Honourable Mention Int. Competition – 64 DOK Leipzig
2022
Visions de Réel – LATITUDES
39 Internationales Frauen* Film Festival Dortmund+Köln
37 DOK.fest Munich
shortlisted European Film Award 'European Documentary'
RIDM, Montréal, Canada
Cast and Crew
  • Director Diana El Jeiroudi
  • Producer Diana El Jeiroudi, Orwa Nyrabia, Camille Laemlé
  • Director of Photography Sebastian Baeumler, Diana El Jeiroudi, Orwa Nyrabia, Guevara Namer
  • Editor Katja Dringenberg, Diana El Jeiroudi
  • Sound  Raphael Girardot, Nathalie Vidal
Original Languages

Arabic

English

German

Kurdish

World Sales Company
Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH
Mehringdamm 33, 10961 Berlin

Phone: +49 30 28529090

Fax: +49 30 28529099

info@salzgeber.de
http://www.salzgeber.de
Production Company
NO NATION FILMS GmbH
Friesickestr. 17 , 13086 Berlin
info@no-nation.de
https://no-nation.de
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